Learning the notes on a piano keyboard is easy and fun…and it can be done in just a few minutes!

learn the notes on the piano keyboard

So just how many different notes are there on the keyboard?

 There’s actually only 12 different notes on the keyboard…which makes it fast and easy to learn your keyboard notes.

learn the piano keyboard notes
repeating notes on the piano keyboard

You’ll find that after counting past 12 notes the keyboard repeats  making it a simple pattern.

Although there’s 12 different notes, only 7 of them use the alphabet.  

 The easiest way to navigate the keyboard when you’re learning the notes is to use the two black keys as a reference point and you’ll find that there’s a C immediately to the left of them.

c note to the left of two black keys
7 different notes on the piano keyboard

 …Just as there’s an F immediately to the left of the three black keys.

f to the left of three black piano keys

 …it’s then just a matter of filling in the gaps between those two keys

the notes tetween c and f on the piano

The black keys are called sharps and flats. To make a note sharp you simply move one key to the right of the note.  To make a note flat, you simply move one key to the left of the note.

sharps and flats on the piano keyboard

Congratulations.  You just learned the notes on the piano keyboard in just a matter of minutes.  I have a worksheet I would like to reward you for your effort in learning your notes.  Just subscribe to the Color Notes Ezine and I’ll send it right to you.  It’s a simple learning tool that you can use as many times as you like until you feel like you’ve got the notes under your fingers.  Get the instructional guide.

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    This is a complete beginner tutorial however I hope it helps get you going. Spend a little time reviewing this and you’ll be an expert on your piano notes in no time.

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